permissions in devfs.conf don't stick

[Anish Mistry]

On Saturday 01 July 2006 14:34, Charles Howse wrote:
> On Jul 1, 2006, at 12:16 PM, Anish Mistry wrote:
> > On Saturday 01 July 2006 11:54, Charles Howse wrote:
> >> I've added the following to /etc/devfs.conf:
> >> own     lpt0    root:wheel
> >> perm    lpt0    0660
> >>
> >> Save that, then, # chmod 0660 /dev/lpt0
> >>
> >> When I reboot, the permissions revert to the default of 0600.
> >> Anyone know why that is?
> >
> > man devfs.rules
> > http://am-productions.biz/docs/devfs.rules.php
>
> Sorry, this just isn't working for me.
>
> /etc/rc.conf contains:
> devfs_rulesets="/etc/defaults/devfs.rules /etc/devfs.rules"
> devfs_system_ruleset="local_rules"
>
> $ cat /etc/devfs.rules
> [local_rules=10]
> add path lpt0 mode 660 group wheel
>
> devfs does not complain when I restart it.
When you restart devfs "/etc/rc.d/devfs restart" are the correct 
permission that you've set in devfs.rules applied?

> I've tried:
> 'lpt*'
> 'lpt0*'
>
> No matter what, the permissions revert to 600 when I reboot.
> How about a little nudge in the right direction?  :)
>
>
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Anish Mistry
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